Remember the Tragically Hip As They Once Were

August 20, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1588 Views

There are plenty of photographs that have documented the career of the Tragically Hip. Here are a couple that were sent to me. Anyone got anymore you’d like to share? Send them to alan@alancross.ca

Tragically Hip - Gord Downie (then and now) — Gord now and then

Gord 1983 ii — Both the above pictures show Gord in Kingston c.1983 courtesy of Perry Rosamond.

Tragically Hip 9 Aug 16 London — August 9, 2016 at the London Budweiser Gardens. Courtesy of Carolyn Leighton-Hilborn

Tragically Hip - Hamilton 3 Oct 09 — Hamilton Place, 09 October 2009. Courtesy Sarah Rann.

Tragically Hip - Bill's Bar Boston 1996 — Bill’s Bar, Boson c.1996. Courtesy Becky Dinwoodie c.1998.. (“That’s Gord’s sweaty concert shirt hanging in the background.”)

Old Hip 8 — The above seven pictures taken at the Fanshawe Student Union c. 1987 courtesy Scott Johnson.

Old Hip 12 — More from Scott Johnson taken c.1987.

Old Hip 13 — Reader Kyle with Gord, Bonaventure University, c. 1997 or 1998.

Hip 15 Aug 1998 — Mulcahy’s Bar, Wantagh, New York, 15 August 1998. Courtesy Amy Pinker

Hip Gord 2 — Outer Harbour, Buffalo. Courtesy Amy Pinker

Gord Downie Greenbelt Picnic 2014 — Gord at Greenbelt Picnic 2014. Courtesy Lisa Sabino.

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